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How popular is the name Valerie?
Births per year, rank history and how many Valeries are alive today.
Valerie (female), once a common girls' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 684th in 2025 with 54 given the name. The name peaked in 1944, when around 6,800 babies were given the name, the 11th most popular that year. It has declined since 1944; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. Numbers have been rising in recent years. At least 110,000 babies have been named Valerie in England and Wales since 1934. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Valerie you are most likely to meet is around 81 years old. Half of all Valeries born in England and Wales are between 72 and 83, and there are at least 85,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 24% chance that at least one of them will be called Valerie.
How many babies are named Valerie each year?
Where does Valerie rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Valerie most popular?
Valerie peaked in 1944, when around 6,800 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Valerie?
At least 85,000 people named Valerie born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Valerie?
Most living Valeries are between 72 and 83; the most common age is about 81.
Is Valerie becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.